Pin ticket



A. K. MARSH July 16, 1935.

INVENTOR I TTORNEYS Patented July 16, 1935 PIN TICKET Alonzo K. Marsh, Summit, N. J., assignor to A.

Kimball Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 19, 1934, Serial No. 716,272

2 Claims.

This invention relates to pin tickets of the socalled folding type, which name is commonly applied to pin tickets which fold around the edge of a piece of goods or a garment and have a flap which covers the ends of the pins so as to protect both the merchandise and persons handling the same from injury.

One of the objections which has been made to this type of pin ticket is that the flaps which cover the ends of the pins sometimes become dislodged, so that a customer may injure himself in trying on a garment 'to which such a ticket may have been attached. It is an object of the invention to overcome this difiiculty.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing theticket as applied to a piece of merchandise.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a plan view ofthe unfolded ticket.

Referring to the drawing, the ticketcomprises three sections, a pin carrying section I, an apertured or pin receiving section 2, and a flap 3, the said sections being separated by fold lines 4 and 5. The pin or staple 6 is preferably secured near the end of the section I, and the section 2 is provided with an aperture or slot '1 through which the pin ends are inserted before they are spread sidewise or turned down to secure the ticket to the merchandise.

The section 2 is also provided with a second slot 8 adapted to receive the tapered end of the flap 3 so as to form a cover for the pin ends, and in order to prevent the accidental withdrawal of the flap 3 from the slot 8, the flap is provided with means to engage the section 2 to lock the flap in place.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated this means comprises a small tab 9 formed integrally with the flap 3 by slitting the same, preferably in the shape of a semi-circle, with the free end of the tab directed away from the edge of the flap. Thus, when the flap is inserted through the slot 8, the free end of the tab may be caused to engage a suitable part of the section 2, as for example, one edge of the slot 8, as illustrated in Figure 3, thus preventing accidental withdrawal of the flap.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and embodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A folding pin ticket comprising two sections adapted to receive between them the edge of a piece of merchandise, one of said sections being provided with an aperture and the other of said sections being provided with a pin adapted to pass through said aperture and be turned down on said apertured section, a second aperture in said apertured section, and a flap secured to said apertured section and adapted to cover the ends of said pin and extend through said second aperture, and a tab secured to said flap adapted to engage one of the edges of said second aperture to hold said flap in place.

2. A folding pin ticket comprising two sections adapted to receive between them the edge of a piece of merchandise, one of said sections being provided with an aperture and the other of said sections being provided with a pin adapted to pass through said aperture and be turned down on said apertured section, a second aperture in said apertured section, a flap secured to said apertured section and adapted to cover the ends of said pin and extend through said second aperture, and a semi-circular tab formed integrally in said flap with the free end of the tab directed away from the edge of the flap and adapted to engage said apertured section to hold said flap in place.

ALONZO K. MARSH. 

